MONTREAL, August 1, 2024 (Tennis Canada Press Release)

Tennis Canada announced on Thursday that Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, world No. 3, is withdrawing from the National Bank Open presented by Rogers (NBO) in Montreal due to fatigue. Still in contention at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, the 21-year has played a lot of tennis in the past few months, having reached and won the finals at both the French Open and Wimbledon.

“It has been a very long season for me and due to the accumulation of matches and fatigue, I will not be able to play in Montreal this year,” said Alcaraz. “I was really looking forward to coming back to Canada and enjoying the love of the fans. Hope to see everyone in Montreal in the years to come!”

“We are obviously disappointed that Carlos [Alcaraz] will not be with us this year. At 21 years of age, he already has 15 titles – four of which are at Grand Slam events. Fans were naturally eager to see him back in action at IGA Stadium, but we were also well aware that he’s had a busy summer and is currently on a quest to achieve a major feat: winning consecutive French Open, Wimbledon and Olympic titles,” said Valérie Tétreault, director of the Montréal tournament. “He’s still at the early stages of his career, so we’ll definitely have the chance to see him again in the coming years. Once we’ve looked past our initial disappointment, we have to consider the tournament as a whole, which remains extremely competitive, with the vast majority of the world’s best players in attendance.”

Giron, Popyrin and Cobolli join main draw following withdrawals of Alcaraz, Lehecka and Cerundolo

Tennis Canada also announced that Francisco Cerundolo (No. 26) and Jiri Lehecka (No. 30) have withdrawn from the NBO. Due to these changes, three players will now enter the main draw: Marcos Giron (No. 38) of the United States, Australia’s Alexei Popyrin (No. 63) and Flavio Cobolli of Italy (No. 48).